License plate reader cameras are drawing attention on the Treasure Coast after Indian River County Sheriff Eric Flowers credited the technology with leading to an arrest in a homicide case.
Flowers said the Flock Safety system, a nationwide network of cameras connected to a searchable law enforcement database, played a key role in tracking a suspect to a West Virginia motel. The arrest came after what Flowers described as a cold-blooded murder in Vero Beach that triggered a multi-state manhunt.
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“We got a murderer behind bars because of this. We got this guy off the streets because of the Flock system,” Flowers said…